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This was really interesting and the idees for more interviews are endless. Maybe Tchakovskys he had a hard life and had to hide his sexual orientation. Or Schostakovich who struggled to make music he loved in a country that demands something quite different. Bach who was deeply religious and I guess had a lot of his belief expressed in his music. Or Debussy, I heard the rumor that he wasn´t very pleasant but his music is magically, dreamlike and pleasant. And what about Vivaldi he lived in a time with values hard for us to relate to.

One of my absolutely favorit. I can see the girl with the flaxen hair sitting at a beach in Scotland with the wind blowing in her hair.

Wonderful music and performance!🥰

Brilliant Suite! Awesome idea to combine a videoed performance with Teddy’s video images! Enjoyed listening to all the chapters, but my personal favourite-episode 2, such a tender, heartfelt Waltz! Thank you both- Composer and Pianist👏👏💐💐

a like from Hong Kong, 2025.

I love the way you played this, it convinced me to pick this song for my exam:)

Hi my friend, i want this music score or lead sheet, How can I get it?

Bravo... performance and lights!😮

Amazingly played song. I am also learning this for my grade 8 exam…It’s tough!

Mellow, nice. Thanks Bob and Bob.

Bravo🙏

❤ 🎹.... nice 😊

Sensitively played, a masterclass in touch, thanks!

No substitute for the real Bob!

very helpful, great explanation

love this series thank you so much! It has been a huge help in my journey!

I almost failed the “informing your audience” written component for the new FRSM, passing by one mark, despite using musical terminology, citations to academic sources and making well researched and complex arguments backed up with evidence because according to the examiner it was “somewhat lacking in academic rigour and depth”. So no, I don’t think the written component is easier compared to the old exam. Also the examiners, like with the new digital performance grades, are marking the performances much more harshly to compensate for the omissions of the other components and that candidates will likely do multiple takes and select the best one. The rest I DO agree with you, especially the allowing half of the rep performed to be from the level below is shocking. I made sure to do all my FRSM rep at the level of the old syllabus and current Trinity and LCM fellowship rep.

Would you recommend Liszt's Consolation n2 instead? I'm having a hard time choosing a romantic piece for my Grade 8 exam. I think Rachmaninoff's is the one that I connect with the most. I don't particularly like the Liszt and the Chopin in this case. I might just swap it for something else from the ARSM list, there's plenty that I like in there.

Awesome Bob! Lots to dig into 😁. A note on bar 9 - I have the Schrimer performance edition of consolations and it uses the fingerings 1-23-5,5-1-45. And on the next bar 1-23-5,5-23-1. That seems alright, but I'm I'll need to check for jabbing. The fingering in bars 3-4 in this edition seems odd to me, specifically the awkward 4 to 3 at the start and the 5 to 4 in between the bars: 124-3-4-5,4-3. But anyway, one of your best videos. I'll be diving (back) into those other videos you mentioned.

The idea is good, but the point is belabored for a long while at the beginning.

❤ 🎹 woh...! This is great... Thx 😊

Bob Rose Rules!! Xx ❤❤

Great video...🎉 ❤🎹 thanks!

Try humming and not singing. This will bring an added felt resonance and is less distracting than singing, furthermore it’s easier to hum a high and low note, compared to singing it 🎵❤ 😊 Great channel and really enjoying your deep dive approach! 🌹🎼🌿🌅 Great sounding digital piano! Which Kawai model, is it?

Loved the video, especially the examples of grade 8 pieces. My teacher always sings, and recommends her students do as well, however the explanations you give sent the message home. I can now clearly see why singing will help bring out the melody! I’ve been one of those students who pounded out both hands. Love the idea of putting the accompaniment on auto pilot, and focusing on bringing out the important notes. Thank you so much, Bob!

What piece is this at 38:45 ? This sounds so nice. Is it Rachmaninow?

Man, I'm just now stumbling into grade 5. This video makes me so excited for progressing! Amazing song list front to back, and amazing playing! thank you very much

You're shooting yourself in the foot by ranting how terrible it is.

That's freaking awesome 😂

I listened to their arrangement of On The Sunny Side of the Street in the grade 8 demos. It was nice but the arrangement sounded "off" to my ear that listens to jazz a lot. Not a tutorial necessarily but I'd be curious about your thoughts on that arrangement!

Excellent video - so frustrating that the ABRSM do not simply acknowledge the reality of the changes they have made...

I was totally lost on the logic of this chapter, and thought it was just me! Thank you for explaining it. I can't wait for more of the Levine book walkthroughs.

I love that you are doing these!

omg i luv A1 very much❤❤

Personally, I really like this piece and it's very nostalgic for me, I watched the whole tutorial even though I don't play at all 😂 (unfortunately). I loved that your approach is full of attention and precision even for a piece you don't like that much. You made it sound so wonderful

These tutorials are great!! Looking forward to more. Thank you so much!

An alternative take - given the sort of places ragtime was initially played (bars etc.) the pianist would probably need a lot of volume, and hence would use the sustain pedal a lot. Joplin's piano rolls are considerably different still, and I don't know how AB would grade a piece played in that fashion. Good video though!

You r doing an amazing job lad

This was great...🎉 thx

I'd love to see Liszt consolation no 2 as I'm working on it 😁

Very nice! You always put so much effort into these productions, just fantastic. Here is to wish you a great 2025 🙂

Beautiful arrangement and very interesting AI-rendering of the original video.

It’s so refreshing seeing professional pianists show their progress from day 1, groaning, doubting themselves going “why am I learning this?” like the rest of us do at the start… when it’s so easy to see the end product and think that that person never struggled to get to that stage. Btw seeing footage of a 13 year old Evgeny Kissin play this exact piece actually scared me lol

But there are 3x16 pieces to choose from. Why these 9?

Wow your introduction is great! As someone with no jazz experience and just some piano experience I see your comments as super valuable, thanks for taking the time :)

Awesome performance of one of my favourite Rachmaninoff pieces, it's interesting how you say in the description that adrenaline and a high heart rate from a live concert enhances your performance, whilst many people would say that stage nerves overwhelm them, make it harder to focus effectively, cause shaky fingers etc. then i remember in your ABRSM new diploma video that you said you had ADHD. Apparently doing better under high pressure adrenaline situations is extremely common in ADHDers!

thanks for those videos!! there will be a book I will never buy.

9:10 7-string guitarist here, I laughed out loud because this modern sounding chord may be achieved simply by strumming all seven 12th fret harmonics. Done.

I'm @7:50 and I just saw the absolutely incredible Cat Bassist Painting. Wow. Epic.

Oh wonderful! I am learning a Bartok piece (no 5 from for children) and it has a 130 BPM 1/8 note third staccato! Thank you for this video!